Greet salaam enter empty house
Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,
As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.
(May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)
One of our brothers/sisters has asked
this question:
Dear brother Burhan
Assalamu alaykum
Brother can u pls. explain me , my grandmother says when we come back from
outside to our house, even if there is no one in the house we must greet
assalamu alaikum. brother my question is why should one wish in the house
when no one is there? is therean reason ( hikhma/sunna) .
my granny cannot explain me. so brother could u
pls. help me.
thanks n jazakallah
a sister
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Answer:
Great salaam enter
empty house
In the name of Allah,
We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah
guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide
them aright. We bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah
Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the
seal of His Messengers.
Allah Says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 24 Surah Noor Verse 61 (part):
….But if ye enter
houses salute ‘anfosakum’
(yourselves and/or each other) a greeting or blessing and purity as from Allah.
Firstly sister, your
grand-mother is absolutely right that it is amongst the etiquettes of Islam
that one should offer an Islamic greeting of peace when one enters any house,
even one’s own….regardless of whether there are people present in the house or
not.
The wisdom behind declaring the
‘salaam’s’ when one happens to enter a house which is empty is to proclaim
peace upon oneself and also upon the Angels of Allah who are always present
with oneself and perchance also in the house one enters. And Allah Alone Knows
Best.
Whatever written of
Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever
of error is of me alone. Allah Alone
Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan